HIPPO 2016 Results

Here are the results of the 4th HIPPO International Competition in English Language that took place on 5 March in our school:

Kosana Jakonić VIII4 (Reading: 37 + Listening: 30 = 67/70 points),
Petar Tesla VIII3 (Reading: 37 + Listening: 30 = 67/70 points),
Lazar Turudija VIII1 (Reading: 34 + Listening: 28.50 = 62.50/70 points).

All of my pupils competed in the HIPPO 3 (CEF A2) category this school year.

HIPPO International English Language Competition is organised by Global Input and Global Hippo Associations. The main sponsors are EDI Pearson and Swan Institute.

Fruit Salad

As we all know, children, even some of us adults, like playing games. Fruit salad is one of them. 

Since we played it in the classroom, we didn't use the chairs, because it would take a long time to move all the desks and put the chairs in the middle.  

So, we formed a circle and chose one pupil to stand in the centre. I gave all the other pupils their fruit names (apple, banana, orange). Then, the real thing happened: the pupil in the centre called out apples and all the apples had to change places while the others just remained still. Even the pupil in the centre tried to find an empty place, so that another one can stand in the centre of the circle. The game turned even more excited when the pupil in the centre called out the fruit salad and everyone had to change places.

There was a lot of bumping into each other and screaming, but we all had a lot of fun.

Job applications

In groups, choose an advert. Write your letter of application. Follow the plan:
Dear ...,
P1: I am writing to apply ... as advertised in ... .
P2: I am ... old. I am studying ... (Although) I have ... experience, I am ... .
P3: I am available for an interview ... . I look forward to hearing ... .
Yours sincerely,

Regional Foreign Languages Competition 2016

Six pupils took part in this year's Regional Foreign Languages Competition held on 12 March.
The pupils' knowledge of the language was tested as well as their reading comprehension skill. Everything was connected to social media.

HIPPO 2016

Three of my oldest students took part in the 4th International Competition in English Language HIPPO on 5 March. As usual, the exam consisted of 3 parts: reading comprehension (40 multiple choice questions, 1 point each), listening comprehension (20 questions, 1.5 points each) and writing (20 questions, 10 of the same level as the test and 10 of a higher level, 1.5 points each, and a short essay - a description of their favourite place). This time, the top 10% of participating students from each participating country will be invited to the regional semi-final round. 

Our school hosted this year's preliminary round.

Municipal Foreign Languages Competition 2016

Municipal Foreign Languages Competition took place on 20 February 2016. Five of my oldest students did very well in the grammar and vocabulary test, but only one, Kosana, qualified for the next round. She won the third place with 32 points.

In this rather unusual test, the competitors were asked to do a lot of writing:
- complete the article about New Year's resolutions with only one word in each space, with the first letter given,
- complete the text about jeans with the correct form of  the given verbs,
- complete the text about French Painting and Impressionism with missing prepositions and

- ask questions for the underlined parts of sentences.

Knowledge Fest 2016

This year's Knowledge Fest, on 26 January, was another success. A lot of pupils and teachers took part in organising the stalls and promoting different subjects in a fun way. As for the English corner, both pupils and teachers enjoyed playing the memory games, dominoes, interactive games and quizzes we prepared.